No. I. An Act to explain, and amend the act for opening and extending the (Passed Dec. 24, 1787.-Sess. acts of 1787, ch. 51, pa. 36.) An Act appointing Commissioners to view Willis's River. An Act to authorise the Court of Cumberland County, to appoint a (Passed Jan. 22, 1801.-Sess. acts of 1800, ch. 66, pa. 36) SLATE RIVER, An Act to revive and amend the act, entituled "An act appointing (Passed Dec. 16, 1790.-Sess. acts of 1790, ch. 30, pa. 20.) An Act for improving the Navigation of Slate River. NORTH FORK OF JAMES RIVER. An Act concerning the clearing of the North fork of James River, (Passed Dec. 22, 1794.-Sess. acts of 1794, ch. 51, pa. 30.) An Act to amend an act, entituled, “An act concerning the clearing of the North Fork of fames River. (Passed January 30, 1805.-Sess. acts of 1804, ch. 25, pa. 26.) An Act incorporating a company to open and improve the Navigation of the Rivanna River, from Milton to Moore's ford, opposite the Town of Charlottesville, in the County of Albemarle. (Passed Dec. 30, 1806.-Sess. acts of 1806, ch. 55, pa. 24.) HARDWARE RIVER. An Act for opening and improving the Navigation of Hardware OBSTRUCTIONS TO THE PASSAGE OF FISH. An Act for more effectually preventing obstructions to the passage of Fish in James River and its Navigable Branches. [Passed Jan. 24, 1803.—Sess. acts of 1802, ch. 9, pa. 9.] An Act to amend an act entituled," An act for more effectually preventing obstructions to the passage of Fish in James River and· its Navigable Branches. [Passed Jan. 29, 1805.—Sèss. acts of 1804, ch. 27, pa. 29.] An Act for more effectually preventing obstructions to the passage of [Passed Feb. 4, 1806.—Sess. acts of 1805, ch. 93, pa. 51.] CHAP. I. No. II. An Act for opening and extending the navigation of Potowmas River. [Sess. acts of 1784, ch. 82, pa. 24.] Note. This act is published in the Appendix to vol. 1, ch. 4, pa. 446. CHAP. II. An Act for vesting in George Washington, Esq. a certain interest in the companies established, for opening and extending the Navigation of Potomac and James Rivers. (Sess. acts of October, 1784, pa. 26, ch. 83.-See James River Company, ch. 2. Appendix No. I.) CHAP. III. An Act to amend the act entituled" An act for vesting in George Washington, Esq. a certain interest in the companies established for opening and extending the Navigation of James and Potowmac Rivers." (Sess. acts of 1785. ch. 11, pa. 12.-See James River Company, ch. 3 of Appen- An Act to amend an act, for opening and extending the Navigation 1. [Sess. acts, 1785, ch. 23, pa. 21.] 7HEREAS the President and Directors of the Potowmac Company, by their petition to this General Assembly on behalf of the said company, have set forth, that in pursuance of the acts of assembly of this state, and of Maryland, entituled "An Act for opening and extending the navigation of Potowmac River," they purpose to make a canal on one level to be supplied by the current of the river from a little above the Great Falls of Potowmac, to a convenient place below those Falls, where they design to effect a communication with the bed of the river by connected locks, and that they are under the strongest impressions, if any canal and locks should be found necessary or useful at the Little Falls of the said river, that another such cut on one level and a waste of the whole fall by a set of locks at tide water, will be preferable there on every account; and that, as the depth of the water in such canals will be encreased on the rise of the water in the river, so as to permit an easy passage for all such boats and rafts as can pass in the river, even less than two feet depth of water in the said canals in dry seasons, with the certain necessary encrease on the rise of the river, will be fully sufficient, instead of the four feet required by the said acts, to answer all useful purposes; and that, cutting the said canals four feet below the level of the water in dry seasons, will very greatly and uselessly enhance the expense of the canals, occasion considerable delay in the work, and render it in a degree less secure they have therefore prayed that acts of the assemblies of both states may pass, making it necessary that such canals contain two feet only, instead of the four feet required by the said acts, and if the levels should be broken by locks placed apart from each other, that the first level may necessarily contain only two feet depth, and the other, or rest, four; all which suggestions appearing to this General Assembly to be true, and the prayer of the said petition to be reasonable 1 2. Be it enacted by the General Assembly, That any canal which shall be cut or made on one level by the Potowmac Company, at the Great or Little Falls of Potowmac River, supplied by the current of that river, containing two feet of water at the least in dry seasons, and communicating again with the river by locks, if necessary, the spaces between the locks, if they should be placed distant from each other, containing four feet depth of water, shall be equally available to every intent and purpose as if the whole of such canal had been made to contain four feet depth of water, agreeable to the directions of the said acts; any thing in the said acts to the contrary notwithstanding. 3. This act to take place as such, on a similar law being passed by the legislature of Maryland, and not otherwise. CHAP. V. An Act giving further time for improving the navigation between the [Sess. acts of 1786, ch. 114, pa. 54.] BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That the Potomac Com pany shall be, and they are hereby allowed, until the seventeenth day of November, one thousand seven hundred and ninety, for making and improving the navigation between the Great Falls and Fort Cumberland; any law to the contrary thereof, notwithstanding. This act to take place as such, on a similar law being passed by the legislature of Maryland, and not otherwise. CHAP. VI. An Act giving more speedy remedy against delinquent subscribers to the Potomac and James River Companies. [Passed December 1st, 1787.-Sess. acts of 1787, ch. 24, pa. 21.-See "James River Company," ch. 5 of Appendix No. 1.] CHAP. VII. An Act to amend an act, entituled an act establishing District Courts, and for regulating the General Court. [Passed December 17th, 1789.-Acts of 1789, ch. 13, pa. 7.-See "James River Company," ch. 6 of Appendix No. 1.] CHAP. VIII. An Act to amend an act, entituled "An act for opening and extending the Navigation of Potomac River." 1. [Passed December 16th, 1790.-Sess. acts 1790, ch. 57, pa. 37.] WHEREAS it has been represented to the present General Assembly, by the President and Directors of the Potowmac Company, that the time allowed by law for making and improving the navigation of Potowmac River, between the Great Falls and Fort Cumberland, in the manner therein mentioned, is found not sufficient to perform the work. Preamble 2. Be it therefore enacted, That the further time of three years Further time s shall be allowed the said company for making and improving the lowed for im navigation of the said river above the Great Falls. proving the navi, gation. No. II. Terms on which 3. And be it further enacted, That none of the shares not already shares, not yet subscribed for, be hereafter taken up, but on first paying the amount subscribed for, of the previous calls and interest from the time the calls ought to may be taken up, have been complied with, and that delinquent subscribers shall pay Delinquent sub- interest from the time the money called for ought to have been paid, with the actual expense of notice, and that the same shall be recovered with, and in like manner as the principal. scribers to pay interest. Places at which the tolls are to be paid. Part of the capi 4. And be it further enacted, That the place of collection of tolls shall be at or near Hook's Falls, instead of being at or near Payne's, and that one fourth of the tolls made payable at Payne's Falls, shall henceforth be demandable and received at Hook's Falls, and one fourth of the tolls payable at the Great Falls, shall be demandable and received at the Great Falls; and also on goods and produce landed at or near Watts's branch. 5. And be it further enacted, That the President and Directors of tal to be applied the said company are hereby impowered to apply so much of the cato improving the navigation of the pital subscribed and tolls as may arise, as they shall judge necessary branches of Po- towards opening, improving and extending navigation on the branches of Potowmac River above Seneca, towmac. Foreigners may hold certain shares. Preamble. 6. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for persons not citizens of this commonwealth, to purchase and hold the non-subscribed shares of the said Potowmac company. Provided, That the persons so purchasing shall not thereby become citi zens of this commonwealth. CHAP. IX. An Act to amend the act, entituled "An act to amend the act, entituled an act, for opening and extending the navigation of Potowmac ri ver." [Passed November 21st, 1791-Sess, acts of 1791, ch. 34, page 16.] 1. WHEREAS on application of the President and Directors of the Potowmac Company, an act was passed during the last session of the General Assembly, which among other things, did Right to improve grant to the said company, the right to open, extend and improve the navigation of the navigation of the branches of the Potowmac river above Seneca, the branches for which grant was made from an expectation that the said company feited unless it is would proceed forthwith in improving the navigation of the said begun within 12 months. branches: Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly, That the said grant shall be forfeited, unless the company aforesaid proceed within twelve months from the date hereof, in the opening and im j proving the navigation of the said branches. Persons not citi zens may pur 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for persons not citizens of this commonwealth to purchase and hold the chase subscribed subscribed as well as the non-subscribed shares of the Potowmac Company. Provided, That the persons so purchasing, shall not thereby become citizens of this commonwealth, shares. Owners of boats to obtain licenses from the county Courts. CHAP. X. An Act for regulating Inland Navigation on Potowmac River above 1. BE [Passed Dec. 9th, 1793.-Sess. acts of 1793, ch. 24, pa. 28.] E it enacted by the General Assembly, That every person or persons keeping a boat for the purpose of transporting for No. II. hire, upon those parts of the river Potowmac, above tide water, from one place to another, tobacco, flour, wheat, corn, or any other articles produced from the earth, or goods, wares, merchandise, or manufactures of any kind, shall apply to the court of the county, in which he or they reside, for a license to do so, and the said court is hereby authorised to grant the same, describing therein the name of the owner or owners thereof, and the place of their residence, and its number, and taking bond from him or them with approved To give bond and security, in the penalty of one hundred dollars, for the keeping the security. said boat in the manner and condition prescribed by law, at all times when it shall be employed as aforesaid, for hire in transportation of any of the articles aforesaid. porting for hire, without a license tobacco, &c. 2. It shall not be lawful for any person to carry, or suffer to be Penalty for transcarried with his privity, for money or other valuable consideration, in any boat, wholly or partly belonging to him, from one place to another, upon the river aforesaid, or any branch thereof, above tide water, any tobacco, flour, wheat, corn, or any other articles produced from the earth, or any goods, wares, merchandise, or manufactures, without having a license for the said boat according to law; and whosoever shall act contrary hereto, shall forfeit and pay the sum of twenty dollars for every such offence, to be recovered by action of debt, or information in any court of record; one moiety to the use of the informer, and the other to the use of the commonwealth; and moreover shall be liable to an action on the case to any person injured thereby. 3. Every boat intended to be employed as aforesaid, shall be well ceiled with strong plank, and sufficiently high to prevent the water in the bottom from damaging any part of the cargo, and shall be furnished with a tarpaulin cover, stretched over hoops in the manner of waggon covers, sufficient for defending the weather, and also with a hand-pump, and shall have a plank footway upon each side of the boat, either on the outer or inside thereof, as the owner shall find most convenient, and shall be numbered, and no license shall be granted in any case, unless it be proven to the court, that the boat is ceiled, fitted, furnished and numbered, as herein before directed. 4. Whenever a boat, licensed as aforesaid, shall be sold or transferred, the license shall be returned within two months thereafter, to the court from whence it issued, and the same shall be cancelled, and a new license granted to the purchaser or transferree in the manner and upon the terms herein before directed. How the licens boats shall be fitted up Purchasers of such boats to res and take out o thers. turn the licenses 5. The clerk shall and may demand and receive for each license, Clerk's fee for a fee of one dollar. license. 6. This act shall commence and be in force from and after the Commencement first day of July next. CHAP. XI. An Act to repeal in part an act concerning the Potowmac Company 1. and for other purposes. [Passed Nov. 23d, 1793.-Sess. acts of 1793, ch. 27, pa. 29.] of this act E it enacted, That so much of the act of the general assembly, The company aupassed in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty thorised to sell seven, entituled," An act giving a more speedy remedy against de shares of delinquentsubscribers |